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Daily Outtakes: How Escambia schools compare

   January 3, 2024

The Florida Department of Education has an interactive web page, knowyourdatefl.org, that compares counties on how well they did on assessment tests. The charts show the percentage of the students in grades 3,5,6-8 and 9-12 that performed on grade level or above (3 or higher) on the assessments.

Of the 29 school districts with 9,000 or more students tested, St. Johns (77.3%), Clay (71.3%), Sarasota (68.9%), and Santa Rosa (65.4%) had the highest percentages.

Escambia was in the bottom four with 50.8%, with Polk the only large district doing worse – 47.5%.

Rank District # Achievement 3 or above # of Students % Achievement
1 St. Johns          11,487          14,863 77.3%
2 Clay            9,569          13,426 71.3%
3 Sarasota          11,788          17,105 68.9%
4 Santa Rosa            7,796          11,920 65.4%
5 Seminole          15,892          24,369 65.2%
6 Okaloosa            7,576          11,790 64.3%
7 Collier          11,441          18,380 62.2%
8 Leon            5,924            9,819 60.3%
9 Brevard          16,471          27,681 59.5%
10 Volusia          13,792          23,238 59.4%
11 Bay            5,993          10,154 59.0%
12 Pasco          18,188         30,988 58.7%
13 Pinellas          18,852          32,163 58.6%
14 Orange          46,005          78,541 58.6%
15 Miami-Dade          71,814        123,715 58.0%
16 Palm Beach          40,866          70,636 57.9%
17 Lake            9,584          16,851 56.9%
18 Manatee          10,332          18,281 56.5%
19 Hillsborough          44,981         80,866 55.6%
20 Alachua            5,484            9,890 55.4%
21 Broward          50,413          92,069 54.8%
22 Hernando            4,899            9,043 54.2%
23 Duval          23,404          43,317 54.0%
24 St. Lucie            9,350          17,311 54.0%
25 Osceola          14,350          27,543 52.1%
26 Marion            7,850          15,151 51.8%
27 Lee          19,225          37,744 50.9%
28 Escambia            6,712          13,204 50.8%
29 Polk          19,154          40,301 47.5%

Pre-pandemic (2018-19), Escambia County tied Osceola for 26 with 49.9%.

Rank District 2018-19
1 St. Johns 78.2%
2 Sarasota 69.2%
3 Okaloosa 68.3%
4 Santa Rosa 68.2%
5 Clay 65.6%
6 Seminole 64.1%
7 Brevard 62.0%
8 Collier 61.2%
9 Leon 60.2%
10 Palm Beach 59.9%
11 Miami-Dade 59.6%
12 Bay 59.1%
13 Pasco 58.7%
14 Broward 58.7%
15 Hernando 57.4%
16 Alachua 56.9%
17 Manatee 56.7%
18 Pinellas 56.2%
19 Lake 56.1%
20 Hillsborough 55.5%
21 Orange 55.4%
22 Lee 55.2%
23 Volusia 54.6%
24 Duval 53.7%
25 St. Lucie 52.9%
26 Escambia 49.9%
26 Osceola 49.9%
28 Marion 49.8%
29 Polk 48.9%

 

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